The majestic egalitarianism of the law, which forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
Anatole France, Le Lys Rouge, 1894
Lady Betty
Name | Character |
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Sally Dexter | Betty |
Tim McMullan | John / Oliver / Captain Mills |
Gerard O’Hare | Father Malloy / Michael Flynn |
Catherine White | Night / Bridie O’Byrne |
Lawrence Evans | Silence / George / Reverend Blakeney |
Phil McKee | Cold / Liamog Hanrahan |
Roy McBride | O’Leary / Liam Hanrahan |
Charlotte Medcalf | Mrs Mills / Peggy Hanrahan |
Patrick Toomey | Dunno / Christie O’Flaherty |
Role | Name |
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Director | Declan Donnellan |
Designer | Nick Ormerod |
Musical Director | Paddy Cunneen |
Movement Director | Jane Gibson |
Lighting Designer | Ben Ormerod |
Company Stage Manager | Louise Yeomans |
Dialect Coach | Sally Grace |
Date (first performance) | Location | No. of performances |
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28 November 1989 | London, Almeida Theatre, UK | 27 |
6 November 1989 | Chichester, Festival Theatre, UK | 6 |
30 October 1989 | Basildon, Towngate Theatre, UK | 6 |
24 October 1989 | Scunthorpe, Civic Theatre, UK | 5 |
16 October 1989 | Winchester, Theatre Royal, UK | 7 |
9 October 1989 | Taunton, Brewhouse Theatre, UK | 7 |
3 October 1989 | Bracknell, Wilde Theatre, UK | 5 |
25 September 1989 | Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Theatre, UK | 7 |
18 September 1989 | Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal, UK | 6 |
“A drama which will haunt the memory of those who see it for a long time to come…Donnellan’s play and his own atmospheric staging, has the haunting power of a myth.”
Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph
“Narrative links are condensed in song and terse dialogue, so that concentration is fierce of the crucial flash points in the story…Of the highest class.”
Michael Coveney, The Financial Times
“A dark dance of survival presented with the refined wit and audacity of the company’s style.”
Michael Ratcliffe, The Observer
“Declan Donnellan’s first play is a wild, poetic piece of Irish drama as earthy as the peat bog, as sharp as the smell of smouldering sod and as vigorous as a fiercely danced jig… challenging and exhilarating, this is powerful stuff.”
Time Out
“A wild, poetic piece of Irish drama as earthy as the peat bog, as sharp as the smell of smouldering sod and as vigorous as a fiercely danced jig… challenging and exhilarating, this is powerful stuff”
Time Out